By Michael McMullan WHAT a difference a year has made for St Eunan’s who run out against Erne Gaels on Saturday evening at Brewster Park in the Ulster Senior Championship. They were beaten by Termon in last year’s Preliminary quarter-final. Fast forward to now and the Letterkenny club secured the treble, with the hurlers and […]
Urris have written the latest success story in Inishowen after landing the junior title. Michael McMullan caught up with manager Sean Paul Doherty to hear about their progress Sean Paul Doherty is both manager and vice-chairman of Urris. He has been around football a long time but the crowd at their recent junior final dwarfed […]
By Ryan Ferry THE pen pics in the county final programme tend to throw up the occasional nugget of gold, and St Eunan’s brought a bit of fun to Sunday’s edition. Evan Hickey described his occupation as a ‘stay-at-home son’ while Noah Barrett classed himself as a ‘rocket scientist’. Josh Hay put down ‘Shakespeare’ for […]
Oran Winston has has been chosen as the latest Gaelic Life Player of the Week. He starred as St Eunan’s won the Donegal senior title. Winston was voted by you, our readers, ahead of Clonduff camog Erin Rafferty who finished in second place. After another bumper week of voting, Ciarán Moore of St Eunan’s finished […]
By Matthew Wilson ORAN Winston says the hurt of last season’s early championship exit is driving St Eunan’s as they prepare to challenge Naomh Conaill for the Dr Maguire Cup. The Letterkenny side will take to the field at MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey on Sunday, aiming to reclaim the Donegal Senior Football Championship title. St […]
BY RYAN FERRY SHEA Malone says it’s hard to explain Naomh Conaill’s never-say-die mentality. Naomh Conaill were on the brink a number of time in last year’s championship but no-one could kill them off. It was the same against Glenswilly in this year’s semi-final when they found the answers as the minutes petered away. Advertisement […]
Joe Doherty has has been chosen as the latest Gaelic Life Player of the Week. He starred as Urris won the Donegal junior title for the first time in 12 years. Doherty was voted by you, our readers, ahead of Michael McCarron from Naomh Pádraig Uisce Chaoin who finished in second place. After another bumper […]
I was chatting to Glenswilly man Gary McDaid last weekend who was coaching Sleacht Néill in the Derry Championship. As he walked down the Owenbeg tunnel, I told him Glenswilly were five up on Naomh Conaill with five minutes to play. His eyes lit up. Like many others, I tipped the champions for a return […]
By Michael McMullan IT has been a magical championship season in Carndonagh and the footballers are up next this weekend. The hurlers and camogs have county silverware tucked away. There is a chance of making it a treble when they take on Naomh Pádraig Uisce Chaoin in Sunday’s Intermediate football final. It’s an all-Inishowen decider […]
DONEGAL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS St Eunan’s v Gaoth Dobhair Saturday, MacCumhaill Park, 7.30pm HOW do you even start to call this one? The answer – you can’t. Both teams will have eyed a shot at the title and are coming to the boil nicely. This is going to come down to how put their hand […]
